Now that we have established what the book does and does not cover, we'd like to clarify just who we believe will be most interested in it and best served by it. In a nutshell, this book is for .NET and SQL Server developers who work with databases and data access,...

To begin, this book addresses the two fundamental concepts that programmers must grasp in order to write a professional object-oriented C# application: the nature and...

A user-friendly guide to the basics of Six Sigma

From noted Six Sigma consultant and author George Eckes comes Six Sigma for Everyone, a practical guide that explains the underpinnings of the revolutionary quality assurance methodology. Appropriate for employees and top management alike, this book is the only one you need if...

The 5^th edition of Model Building in Mathematical Programming discusses the general principles of model building in mathematical programming and demonstrates how they can be applied by using several simplified but practical problems from widely different contexts. Suggested formulations and solutions are given together with...

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If you’ve decided that Jamaica sounds like the perfect place to relax, feel free to start unwinding right now, ecause we’ve done all the legwork for you. Below you’ll find carefully compiled lists of the best that Jamaica has to offer, from beaches and dive sites to resorts, restaurants, and sight-seeing—and nearly...

Ajax is a growing new technology at the time of this writing and we’re delighted to bring you the lowdown on it, in the inimitable style of Manning’s In Action series. In doing so, though, we faced an interesting problem. Although Ajax is indisputably hot, it isn’t really new. It isn’t really a technology, either.
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